Black Exhaust

[mcycle-nut]

What are you "ED/ESD" people using to paint your exhausts? The two centre pipes on my ESD look like they've been painted flat black, and don't match the stock colour black colour.

[Guest]

Header paint from the parts store.
The secret is the prep. Read the instructions on the can or it wont last.


With the pipes removed I sanded mine with a D/A sander and course 80 grit paper. Tight areas sande by hand.
10 or 12 very light coats with the last couple of coats being very heavy. It took two cans for me.

[Guest]

Header paint from the parts store.
The secret is the prep. Read the instructions on the can or it wont last..

I think he's talking about duplicating the black chrome stock finish....hard to do with paint. A high-gloss ceramic coat might be the closest thing that will last.

[mcycle-nut]

Yes, I am. Can't get away with painting it to match? I want to put a collector plate on it so it has to be STOCK. Hmmm. That means I've got to send the whole shootin' match off to a place that will do it, as I seriously doubt there is anything locally. My friend got the headers for his Demon done in Calgary....
Gotta' do some research. Thanks for your input, guys.

[atb1998]

High gloss ceramic coat. Then sand out the "orange peel" then polish is about the only way to it and will still be "close" .The only real solutin is to find a nice set of black chrome pipes or find someone that actually does the black chrome. Good luck..

[Clone]

Ceramic is the only way you will duplicate it.

[CPT America]

Black exhaust wrap from front to back.

[sharpy]

if u find a exact way u be everyones best mate

[Jason the terminator]

I just came across this don't know how well it works. Maybe someone could try it and report back.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black_krome.html

[sharpy]

I just came across this don't know how well it works. Maybe someone could try it and report back.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black_krome.html

Then there is the heat issue.. Does the phrase "pushing s##t up hill " ring a bell? lol sory to say

[GregT]

Find a classic car restorer in your area and talk to them about gloss ceramic exhaust coatings - Jaguars used it and restorers regularly get them redone.

[Guest]

http://www.jet-hot.com/colorchart.html

[Jason the terminator]

Then there is the heat issue.. Does the phrase "pushing s##t up hill " ring a bell? lol sory to say

What heat issue? From the exhaust or for the plating? The kit comes with a heater and it's chrome plating so the heat from the exhaust should not be a problem.

Maybe you should stop a second and think is this really a helpful post or not? It really wasn't. Way to help answer a fellow GSer's question!